Shuklapaksha, 艢耻办濒补辫补办峁, Shukla-paksha, Shukla-Paksha: 17 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 can be transliterated into English as Suklapaksa or Shuklapaksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Jyoti峁艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渂right fortnight鈥�. It is a lunar phase counting 15 tithis and starting on the day after 补尘腻惫腻蝉测补 (new moon day) and ending on 辫耻谤峁噄尘腻 (full-moon), after which the 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (dark fortnight) starts. The term is used throughout Jyoti峁 literature.
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渨axing period鈥� (of the moon), according to the B峁沨atsa峁僪it膩 (chapter 4), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Var膩hamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyoti峁).鈥擜ccordingly, 鈥淚f the disc of the moon that regularly waxes and wanes should appear white resembling the colour of the Kumuda flower or that of the stem of the lotus or if the moon鈥檚 course or disc or rays should suffer no irregular change there will be prosperity in the land. During the waxing moon [i.e., 艣耻办濒补辫补办峁鈥�艣ukle pak峁], the Br膩hmins, the K峁triyas and mankind at large will prosper; and during the waning moon, they will suffer miseries. The increase of prosperity will commence after the new-moon and of adversity after the full moon鈥�.
Jyotisha (啶溹啶啶むた啶�, 箩测辞迟颈峁 or jyotish) refers to 鈥榓stronomy鈥� or 鈥淰edic astrology鈥� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�) refers to the 鈥渂right half of the month鈥�, according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.36 (鈥淭he statements of the seven sages鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after the Seven Sages spoke to Himavat (Him膩cala): 鈥淎fter saying thus, the sages of pure mind offered their blessings to the girl鈥斺�楤e pleasing to 艢iva鈥�. They touched her with their hands and continued鈥斺�楨verything will be well with you. As the moon in the bright half of the month (艣耻办濒补辫补办峁), may your qualities increase鈥�. After saying thus and offering fruits and flowers to the lord of mountains, the sages made him believe that the alliance was a settled fact. [...]鈥�.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥擳he first of Pak峁s;1 the night of the Pit峁泂;2 the ocean rises and falls in.3
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
General definition (in Hinduism)
: ACHC: Smarta Puja艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�) refers to the bright half of a month.鈥擜 month is divided into a bright half (艣耻办濒补-辫补办峁) when the moon waxes and a dark half (办峁涐梗峁嘺/惫补诲测补-辫补办峁) when the moon wanes. Either half consists of fifteen lunar days (tithi) of which the full moon day (辫补耻谤峁噄尘腻) and the new moon day (补尘补惫腻蝉测补) are very important.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary艣耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥攎 (S) The light or bright half of the month; the period of the waxing moon. 2 fig. The innocent or pure side of two sides or parties contending. Esp. used where division or dissension has arisen in a caste respecting some fornicator or other offender. Opp. to 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 The dark or faulty side. 3 fig. Advancement, augmentation, increase, the bright side.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English艣耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥�m The bright or light half of the month. Fig. Advancement.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥攖he bright half of a month.
Derivable forms: 艣耻办濒补辫补办峁岣� (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶粪).
艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣耻办濒补 and 辫补办峁 (啶啷嵿し).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥�(m.; = Pali sukkapakkha, 罢丑别谤墨驳. 358; commentary 244.4 satt膩na峁� anavajjako峁弓h膩sa-, so read for text 掳ko峁弓h膩saya-, the blameless part of creatures), the 鈥榳hite鈥� or virtuous party or group, the righteous: 掳k峁峁嚹乶tike nirv膩峁嘺syety ucyate 顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补 38.4, preceded by p奴rvavad y膩vad, indicating abbreviation, compare line 1 above, but a nom., 艣耻办濒补pak峁, seems required; Burnouf, Introd. 252 n. 1, cites 掳pak峁 (which he interprets wrongly); it is said that the virtuous group is near to nirv膩峁嘺; contrasting with 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁 (= Pali ka峁噃a-pakkha, headed by M膩ra), the 鈥榖濒补肠办鈥� or evil party: 办峁涐梗峁嘺辫补办峁-parivarjana-艣耻办濒补辫补办峁- ku艣alopacaya- Lalitavistara 431.14; 掳k峁, in the alternative case of good (procedure), 惭奴濒补-厂补谤惫腻蝉迟颈惫腻诲补-痴颈苍补测补 iii.114.8. Cf. next.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥攎.
(-办峁岣�) The light-half of a month, the fifteen days of the moon鈥檚 increase, or from new to full-moon. E. 艣耻办濒补 white, 辫补办峁 part or fortnight.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥攎. the light half of the month, from new to full moon.
艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣耻办濒补 and 辫补办峁 (啶啷嵿し).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�).鈥擺masculine] the light half of a month.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�):鈥擺=艣耻办濒补-辫补办峁] [from 艣耻办濒补 > 艣ukra] m. the light half, of a month, the 15 days of the moon鈥檚 increase, [K膩ty膩yana-艣rauta-s奴tra; Kau艣ika-s奴tra; Manu-sm峁泃i] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] the rightful side of two contending parties, [顿颈惫测腻惫补诲腻苍补]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶侧お啶曕啶�):鈥擺艣耻办濒补-辫补办峁] (办峁岣�) 1. m. The light half of a month, from new to full moon.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus艢耻办濒补辫补办峁 (嗖多硜嗖曕硩嗖侧勃嗖曕硩嗖�):鈥擺noun] the first fortnight of any lunar month, during which the visible portion of the moon gradually increases.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary艢ukla-辫补办峁 (啶多啶曕啶�-啶啷嵿し):鈥攃omp. the moonlit half of a lunar month;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shukla, Paksha, Pakshas.
Starts with: Shuklapaksham.
Full-text (+13): Paksha, Shuklapaksham, Krishnapaksha, Shuddhapaksha, Shukla, Shukla-paksh, Vijayadashami, Ramanavami, Paurnamasi, Bahvika, A-shukla, Sukkapakkha, Vadyapaksha, Tithi, Svadhamrita, Lunar Month, Divakirtya, Aparapaksha, Ahoratra, Akshayatritiya.
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